Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

The association of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, short Daughters of Charity and the Sisters of Mercy of St.. Vincent de Paul, Vincentians, Latin Societas Filiarum Caritatis a Vincentio de S. Paulo, French Compagnie des Filles de la Charité de Saint Vincent de Paul, Religious Symbol FdC, German also TdchL / TchrL or BHS is a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life, the the Vincentian family belongs and the poor and the sick is dedicated. My mother's house is located since 1815 in the Rue du Bac number 136 in Paris ( 7th arrondissement ).

Of 2006, the cooperative about 21,000 sisters. It works in more than 2,400 communities in 94 countries.

History

The cooperative went out under the name Filles de la Charité, German Merciful Sisters in 1633, officially Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul ( 1581-1660 ) and Louise de Marillac ( 1591-1660 ) founded the Community indicates that on 18 January. was confirmed in 1655 by the Archbishop of Paris, and in 1668 received the papal approval.

Already in 1617, Vincent de Paul had established the first Confrérie des Dames de la Charité, German " Brotherhood of the Ladies of Charity ", the other soon followed, with their coordination, he commissioned Louise de Marillac. However, it was found that the distinguished ladies could be soon replaced by their filles, the maid. This prompted Louise de Marillac, from 1633 in their house in the rue de Versailles (now 21 rue Monge ) take four poor rural girls and to train as nurses.

The number of these so-called filles de la Charité, also called soeurs grises, German gray sisters, grew so rapidly that they (now 2 rue Marx Dormoy in Paris) moved in 1636 to the village of La Chapelle before Vincent of Paul to them in 1641 a house in the rue du Faubourg Saint- Denis (now numbers 94-114 ) set available, which he had bought in the same year for the subordinate to him Maison de Saint Lazare and the gegenüberlag this. In this new house Louise de Marillac also resided and where she died in 1660 at the age of 68 years. The construction consisted of three residential wings between courtyard and garden and was surrounded by walls. After the outbreak of the French Revolution, the community was repealed in 1790, seized her mother's house and sold in 1797 under the condition that on the site of a new road will create ( rue de la Fidélité ).

In 1797 it succeeded sister Deleau to combine some of their comrades again and together they found on the Rive Gauche in the Latin Quarter accommodation in a house of the rue des Macon -Sorbonne (now rue Champollion ), which they left in 1801 to enroll in the rue du Vieux Colombier (N ° 11 ) settle in the former, also deconsecrated during the Revolution orphanage Orphelines de la Mère- Dieu, whose building still exists today.

Finally, the city of Paris introduced them in 1815, the former Hôtel de la Vallière in the Rue du Bac (N ° 136 ) is available, where the mother house of the Daughters of Charity co-operative is established today.

There is supposed to be published three times in 1830 the Virgin Mary Catherine Labouré of novice, what gave rise to the spread of the Miraculous Medal.

Dissemination

In German-speaking, there are two provinces.

Province Cologne Netherlands

On June 5, 2011, the provinces of Germany and the Netherlands were combined to form a province Cologne Netherlands. Provincial Superior Sr. Hildegard remains Köhler.

  • Köln- Nippes ( since 1852 ) with offices in Dusseldorf, among other things, memory, Mönchengladbach and Bonn, around 120 sisters (January 2006)

Province Graz- Central Europe

The branch was opened in 1841 Graz, Salzburg / Schwarzach founded in 1844 ( Mission House Schwarzach, parent company since 1863 in Salzburg ), both united later ( 1851 Graz, Salzburg 1882) with the origin community in Paris. From the numerous new branches in the Habsburg Monarchy independent provinces formed ( Hungary in 1905, Yugoslavia in 1919, Slovakia in 1922 and Romania in 1925 ). In 2004, the united Province of Graz and Salzburg province to province Austria, united with the provincial house in Graz, 2011, Austria, Hungary and Romania to the province of Graz- central Europe. On the day the merger was the new province of 331 nurses ( 241 Austria, Hungary 73 Romania 17 sisters), with 16 local communities ( 12 Austria, Hungary 2, Romania 2). It includes:

  • Convention and Provincial House Graz- Lend, Provincial, with training Community House St. Josef and Exzerzitienhaus; Care at kindergarten Mariengasse Caritas Graz Luisenheim Graz-St. Leonhard ( boarding )
  • Maria Rast in Dult Gratkorn ( elderly and convalescent home for the sisters )
  • At the parish of St. Margaret on the Raab ( parsonage maintenance, parish work)
  • At the parish Wundschuh ( church service)
  • Sacred Heart Home Salzburg Ried Castle (seniors living and nursing home, Betriebsges.mbH )
  • Cardinal Schwarzenberg'sches hospital Schwarzach im Pongau ( Betriebsges.mbH in the former mission house )
  • St. Vincent home, Schwarzach im Pongau ( nursing home, Betriebsges.mbH )
  • Siniob, Romania: Children's Center

The Austrian branch Graz / Salzburg of the Daughters of Charity are the other houses of the Austrian Vice -tines, who belong to the Federation Vincentian communities, closely connected, and also call themselves the Sisters of Mercy.

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